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a.d. elliott
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Dear Henry,
I was an early adopter of the Kindle. I love my Kindle. I love having an entire library with me wherever I go, and I love the assurance that I will never be bored while waiting in line. I absolutely love my Kindle.
But I've drifted back to wanting a physical library.
COVID came, and I got to think about the proverbial "end of the world." According to all the movies, electricity is missing in the post-apocalyptic future, and suddenly, my Kindle developed a serious flaw.
When I was a little girl, I wanted an extensive library full of comfy chairs, a rolling ladder, and tons of leather-bound tombs, but we moved a lot, and a physical library seemed impractical.
However, after realizing I would lose my entire wealth of reading material about 24 hours after the final power outage, I began collecting physical books. Now that we are in what we hope is our forever home, I've started collecting in earnest.
My first book purchased for the library was a leatherbound edition of Shakespeare's complete works (I already had a leatherbound Bible), and the collecting began.
Another significant acquisition for me was gathering the collector's editions of the "Finding God in Gomorrah" books. I have also picked up my favorite childhood favorites, including Mother Goose's nursery rhymes and Aesop's Fables.
I've still got quite a few more books to go. I've been adding books from the "Bucket List Book Adventure," and occasionally, I'll add something new. For example, I just recently finished James Islington's "Will of the Many," and I thought it was a great book and worthy of being kept for posterity's sake,
The current "Library of the Apocalypse" list is here: https://www.takethebackroads.com/p/the-library-for-apocalypse-current.html.
Let me know if I'm missing something.
xoxo a.d. elliott
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a.d. elliott is a wanderer, photographer, and storyteller currently living in Salem, Virginia.
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